2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 56 - Motor Vehicles
CHAPTER 9 - MOTOR VEHICLE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT
Section 56-9-352. Exceptions.
Section 56-9-351 shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) The operator or owner if the owner had in effect at the time of the accident an automobile liability policy with respect to the motor vehicle involved in the accident;
(2) The operator, if not the owner of the motor vehicle, if there was in effect at the time of the accident an automobile liability policy or bond with respect to his operation of motor vehicles not owned by him;
(3) The operator or owner if the liability of the operator or owner for damages resulting from the accident is, in the judgment of the Department of Motor Vehicles, covered by any other form of liability insurance policy or bond;
(4) Any person qualifying as a self-insurer under Section 56-9-60 of this chapter;
(5) The operator or owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident wherein no injury or damage was caused to the person or property of any one other than such owner or operator;
(6) The owner of a motor vehicle if at the time of the accident the vehicle was being operated without his permission, express or implied, or was parked by a person who had been operating the motor vehicle without his permission, express or implied;
(7) If, before the date that the Department would otherwise suspend the license and registration or nonresident's operating privilege under Section 56-9-351, there shall be filed with the Department evidence satisfactory to it that the person who would otherwise have to file security (a) has been released from liability, (b) has been finally adjudicated not to be liable, (c) has executed a warrant for confession of judgment, payable when and in such installments as the parties have agreed to or (d) has executed a duly acknowledged written agreement, providing for the payment of an agreed amount in installments, with respect to all claims for injuries or damages resulting from the accidents;
(8) The owner of any legally parked vehicle when struck by another vehicle;
(9) Any person operating a motor vehicle owned by his employer while he is operating the vehicle in the scope of his employment.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 467 Section 1.
